Social & Traditional Values

For 45 years, tens of thousands have gathered in the nation's capital around the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision to express support for the pre-born and their mothers. The March for Life can be a sober reminder of a broken world where many women and men believe their only option in the face of an unexpected pregnancy is abortion. However, at last year's march, Vice President Mike Pence told those who gathered that, "compassion is overcoming convenience and hope is de...
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By Congressman Doug Lamborn Jack Phillips faces a moral dilemma right now. Phillips owns Masterpiece Cake Shop in my home state of Colorado and is known for his beautifully decorated cakes for special events. He is also known for his delicious cookies, brownies, and other treats that are ready-made for anyone to buy fresh from his bakery. Yet he will stand before the Supreme Court today to fight for his basic freedoms of speech and exercise of religion. As an artist who pours himself into his m...
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WASHINGTON — President Trump and his advisers have begun developing their own concrete blueprint to end the decades-old conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, a plan intended to go beyond previous frameworks offered by the American government in pursuit of what the president calls “the ultimate deal.” After 10 months of educating themselves on the complexities of the world’s most intractable dispute, White House officials said, Mr. Trump’s team of relative newcomers to Middle East peacema...
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A signature piece of US anti-terrorism legislation is scheduled to be “marked up” by the House Foreign Affairs Committee next Wednesday, after several months of debate. The Taylor Force Act — named after the former US army officer and war veteran murdered in a Palestinian stabbing attack in Tel Aviv in March 2016 — conditions American taxpayer aid to the Palestinian Authority on a verifiable end to its “martyr payments” policy, dubbed by critics as “pay-to-slay.” The 28-year-old Force, a Vanderb...
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Congressman Lamborn issued the following statement following the Senate's failure to pass the Health Care Freedom Act. “I am disappointed that the Senate failed in its efforts to repeal portions of Obamacare. While the legislation was incomplete, it did get rid of the heavy handed individual mandate, the employer mandate that has hurt jobs across the country, the medical device tax which has stifled medical innovation, and defunded Planned Parenthood. The status quo is unacceptable and we should...
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Congressman Lamborn has issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision regarding Trinity Lutheran, a significant religious freedom case: “I am pleased to see that the nation’s highest court honors the free exercise of religion established by our Founders in the Constitution. The most recent decision by the Supreme Court in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer rightfully affirms that state entities cannot deny certain benefits to an organization solely because ...
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Congressman Lamborn released the following statement in response to the Administration's changes to the Mexico City policy: "Yesterday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson implemented the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy, formerly known as the Mexico City Policy. This policy precludes international non-governmental organizations from receiving funding from the United States if that NGO performs abortion as a method of family planning, or promotes abortion as such. Historically, th...
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Congressman Lamborn has released the following statement in response to the President’s Religious Liberty Executive Order: “I want to commend President Trump for signing today’s Executive Order on Religious Liberty, defending the liberties enshrined in our founding documents, and making good on campaign promises to preserve and protect religious freedom. Along with other Members of Congress, I urged the President to act quickly on this order, to restore to people of faith the freedoms that have ...
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Congressman Lamborn released the following statement marking Easter: "Easter brings us joy and fills us with the hope of all that is possible. The reality of the resurrection and the defeat of death and sin mean that we now have access to the wonderful gift of eternal life. To the millions of us who celebrate the risen and living Christ, I wish you a very Happy Easter." - Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05)
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Congressman Doug Lamborn released the following statement in response to the President signing H.R. Res 43: “H.J. Res. 43 is an important step for pro-life values. This resolution reverses the Obama Administration’s policy forcing states to pay for Planned Parenthood and other abortion services. By undoing this regulation, we are acknowledging the importance of life, and listening to the majority of taxpayers who agree that federal funds should not be used for abortion. I applaud President Trump...
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